White net dress and matching vest with ribbon applique

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A white net dress and a matching vest with ribbon applique. The dress (a) has a round gathered neckline and is trimmed with two bands of white machine cotton lace. Three bands of lace trim alternate with three pairs of horizontal pin tucks across the front of the bodice and elbow length sleeves. Two bands of cotton machine lace are sewn along the bottoms of the sleeves. Two metal snaps are sewn on the proper left side of the bodice, one is along the neckline and the other is along the proper left side seam. The bodice is gathered above the two inch wide waistband. The waistband is stiffened and covered with cotton net. The bottom portion of the dress has two tiers. The top tier is fifteen inches long and is gathered below the waistband. The second tier is twenty and a half inches long and is sewn to the net inner skirt.

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